Paul,
Sorry for the previous email misfire.  I'm still learning how to use this
iPhone.

I've been making steady progress on my 20B rebuild.  Rotors are all rebuilt
with all new parts except rotor bearings which were in great shape.  Should
receive my 3 new aluminum side housings from Racing Beat on Wednesday.  BTW,
Jim Tanner and Jim Mederer at Racing Beat have been a pleasure to work
with.......always willing to answer questions without trying to make a newby
like me feel stupid.  Anyway, I'm ready to do final P-Port Housing prep work
while waiting on the new AL side housings and was wondering if you can
confirm the steps, as I believe there has been some changes recommended and
I want to get it right on the first pass.

This is what I planned to do:
1)  Grind down and chamfer the weld
2)  Drill and tap sealing block retaining bolt holes in the housing.
3)  Clean and etch housing under sealing block and inside water jacket and
build up  machined area under sealing blocks with JB Weld.
4)  Seal around tubes on the inside of the water jackets with low viscosity
conformal silicone.
5)  Mount sealing blocks over a layer of RTV and seal the bolt thread with
something.  What do you recommend for this?
6)  Pressure test

Is there anything else I've left out?

Don Mitchell

1. go easy on the chamfer as all you are looking for is flush. 2. correct.
3. correct put plastic under the sealing block so the JB Weld does not
adhere to the sealing block. Just to the rotor housing. 4. correct belt and
suspenders for the welded in SS tube end. 5. Correct. Use a bit of RTV or
the conformal coating on the threads. 6. Correct.

Nothing I can think of at the moment. The whole idea here
is to be able to correct coolant leaks, if any, without disassembling the
entire engine.

Paul Lamar